EP 0264293 A2 19880420 - Collation strip.
Title (en)
Collation strip.
Title (de)
Verbindungsstreifen.
Title (fr)
Bande d'assemblage.
Publication
Application
Priority
US 91998286 A 19861017
Abstract (en)
A collation strip for use in conjunction with a power actuated tool having a plurality of cylindrical housings (23) interconnected by narrow webs (25). The housings, each of which is adapted to receive an axially extending fastener, include a plurality of inwardly protruding circumferentially alternating ridges (33) and arms (39). The ridges include at each axial end a pair of steps (44, 47, 50, 53) adapted to surround and receive the head of a fastener. The arms, which are somewhat flexible, are located towards the center of the housings and are adapted to engage, stabilize, and align the shank of the fastener. The ridges and arms cooperate to form a plurality of fracture zones (79) between the ridges and arms. Upon deployment by a power tool of the fastener, such fracture zones allow the housing to fracture as a banana peel and split up into a plurality of pieces thus allowing the fastener to disengage completely and separate from the housing preventing the formation of a washer between the head of the nail and the surface into which the nail is deployed.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F16B 21/20 (2006.01); F16B 7/20 (2006.01); F16B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F16B 27/00 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 206/82 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 4718551 A 19880112; EP 0264293 A2 19880420; EP 0264293 A3 19900207; JP S63186018 A 19880801
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 91998286 A 19861017; EP 87309169 A 19871016; JP 25982087 A 19871016